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Spring 2017 | LING 1701 Section 050: Language and Society (51726)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 120
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Role of language in human social interaction; linguistic indicators of social status and attitudes; language and sex roles; linguistic ecology; language planning for multilingual communities; implications for education and public policy.
- Class Description:
- This course examines the role of language in human social interaction. The kinds of linguistic abilities that people acquire, and the patterns in which they deploy those abilities, vary in ways that can be related to the societies in which they live. Sociolinguists have measured that people's speech patterns are affected by gender, ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, and other aspects of social identity. Language use also varies according to its context and purpose. The course will also discuss various kinds of multilingual situations including language contact, and phenomena such as language shift, language loss, and language change. Implications for public and educational policy will also be considered.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
25% Reports/Papers
35% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: reaction papers for readings
- Workload:
- 35 Pages Reading Per Week
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51726/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 May 2008
Spring 2017 | LING 1701 Section 051: Language and Society (51727)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 120
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 050
- Course Catalog Description:
- Role of language in human social interaction; linguistic indicators of social status and attitudes; language and sex roles; linguistic ecology; language planning for multilingual communities; implications for education and public policy.
- Class Description:
- When you talk, you give out clues about who you are and where you come from. Sociolinguists have found that patterns of language use are affected by age, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and other aspects of people and situations. This course reflects on the relationship between language and such social variables. We will also examine multilingual situations such contact between speakers of different languages, and their implications for language loss and language change. Implications of sociolinguistic findings for educators will also be discussed.
- Grading:
- 20% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Reports/Papers
40% Reflection Papers
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51727/1173
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 12 May 2008
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